Photo: Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik Sometimes, I am very confused by the choices car companies make when it comes to the interiors of their vehicles. There’s a lot of two-steps-forward, one-step-back stuff going on, and a great example of this is drive mode selectors. Car companies have decided that even on the most mundane of … Read more
Photo: Hyundai We’re at an interesting point in the automotive world where the quickest cars aren’t always the most fun to drive. Automatic transmissions shift significantly faster than humans can, and electric cars without transmissions are the quickest accelerating vehicles on the road, but what happened to driver involvement and fun factor? Hyundai’s electric Ioniq … Read more
Andy recently spent a week in a $40,000 Ford Maverick, and as much as he enjoyed the truck, there was one thing he couldn’t get past — the shift knob. It wasn’t the end of the world, but he did find it incredibly frustrating while trying to make a three-point turn. Personally, I agree with … Read more
Billionaire and sister to former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, Angela Chao, drowned in her Tesla Model X after accidentally reversing into a pond on a 900-acre Texas ranch last month. She’d reversed her Tesla Model X when she meant to drive forward during a K turn — a common problem with the vehicle among owners. … Read more
If you’re old enough to remember, there was a time when column shifters were a thing. From the personal luxury coupe to your family’s station wagon all the way up to your grandparents’ luxo barge, they were almost an industry standard. Due to changing consumer tastes they fell out of favor, but now, column shifters … Read more
